Entrepreneurship in a Hub-and-Spoke Industrial District: Firm Survey Evidence from Seattle's Technology Industry

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1715-1733

  Mayer, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Entrepreneurship; Hub and spoke industrial district; Spinoffs

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84887996808     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.806792     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Aldrich H. and Martinez M. A. (2001) Many are called, but few are chosen: an evolutionary perspective for the study of entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 25(4), 41-56.
2. Amazon.com (2011) Annual Report. Amazon.com, Seattle, WA (available at: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTc5ODc3fENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z&t=1).
3. Audretsch D. and Lehmann E. (2005) Does the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship hold for regions?, Research Policy 34, 1191-1202. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.03.012
4. Bhide A. (2000) The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
5. Boschma R. and Frenken K. (2011) Technological relatedness and regional branching, in Bathelt H., Feldman M. and Kogler D. (Eds) Beyond Territory. Dynamic Geographies of Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Innovation, pp. 64-81 Routledge, London.
6. Boschma R. and Iammarino S. (2009) Related variety, trade linkages, and regional growth in Italy, Economic Geography 85(3), 289-311. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01034.x
7. Boschma R. and Wenting R. (2007) The spatial evolution of the British automobile industry: does location matter?, Industrial and Corporate Change 16(2), 213-238. doi: 10.1093/icc/dtm004
8. Brass D. (2010) Microsoft's creative destruction, New York Times 4 February, A27 (available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0).
9. Bresnahan T., Gambardella A. and Saxenian A. (2001) 'Old economy' inputs for 'new economy' outcomes: cluster formation in the new Silicon Valleys, Industrial and Corporate Change 10(4), 835-860. doi: 10.1093/icc/10.4.835
10. Buenstorf G. and Klepper S. (2009) Heritage and agglomeration: the Akron tyre cluster revisited, Economic Journal 119(April), 705-733. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02216.x
11. Burton D., Sorensen J. and Beckman C. (2002) Coming from good stock: career histories and new venture formation, Social Structure and Organizations Revisited 2009(19), 229-262. doi: 10.1016/S0733-558X(02)19007-0
12. Chan S. P. (2009) Latest round of Microsoft layoffs may not be last, Seattle Times 6 May (available at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009180671_microsoft06.html).
13. Chesbrough H. (2002) Graceful exits and missed opportunities: Xerox's management of its technology spin-off organizations, Business History Review 76(4), 803-837. doi: 10.2307/4127710
14. Chesbrough H. (2003) The era of open innovation, MIT Sloan Management Review 44(3), 35-41.
15. Cook J. (1999) 'Baby Bills' off to the Internet gold rush. Microsoft is seeing an exodus of managerial talent, Seattle Post-Intelligencer 20 July (available at: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64104298.html).
16. Cusumano M. (1998) Software Business Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Bill Gates and Microsoft. Sloan School of Management Working Paper Number WP 4046-98 (available at: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/2736) (accessed on 24 January 2013).
17. Cusumano M. and Selby R. W. (1995) Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People. Touchstone, New York, NY.
18. Dahl M. S., Ostergaard C. R. and Dalun B. (2010) Emergence of regional clusters: the role of spinoffs in the early growth process, in Boschma R. and Martin R. (Eds) The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography, pp. 205-220 Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
19. Department of Commerce (2009) Fostering Washington's Innovation Economy: SB 6015 Report. Report to the Governor and Washington State Legislature (available at: http://www.commerce.wa.gov/uploads/agencyresource/sb6015report.pdf) (accessed on 26 January 2010).
20. Feldman M. (2003) The locational dynamics of the US biotech industry: knowledge externalities and the anchor hypothesis, Industry and Innovation 10(3), 311-328. doi: 10.1080/1366271032000141661
21. Ferriani S., Garnsey E. and Lorenzoni G. (2012) Continuity and change in a spin-off venture: the process of reimprinting, Industrial and Corporate Change 21(4), 1011-1048. doi: 10.1093/icc/dts001
22. Florida R. and Kenney M. (1990) High-Technology restructuring in the USA and Japan, Environment and Planning A 22, 233-252. doi: 10.1068/a220233
23. Frenken K., van Oort F. and Verburg T. (2007) Related variety, unrelated variety and regional economic growth, Regional Studies 41(5), 685-697. doi: 10.1080/00343400601120296
24. Glasmeier A. (1988) Factors governing the development of high tech industry agglomerations: a tale of three cities, Regional Studies 22(4), 287-301. doi: 10.1080/00343408812331344980
25. Gray M., Golob E. and Markusen A. (1996) Big firms, long arms, wide shoulders: the 'hub-and-spoke' industrial district in the Seattle region, Regional Studies 30(7), 651. doi: 10.1080/00343409612331349948
26. Gray M., Golob E. and Markusen A. (1999) Seattle: a classic hub-and-spoke region, in Markusen A., Lee Y.-S. and DiGiovanna S. (Eds) Second Tier Cities: Rapid Growth Beyond the Metropolis, pp. 267-289 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
27. Harrison B. (1992) Industrial districts: old wine in new bottles?, Regional Studies 26(5), 469-483. doi: 10.1080/00343409212331347121
28. Haug P.The location decisions and operations of high technology organizations in Washington State, Regional Studies1991a25(6), 525-541. doi: 10.1080/00343409112331346697
29. Haug P.Regional formation of high-technology service industries: the software industry in Washington State, Environment and Planning A1991b23, 859-884. doi: 10.1068/a230869
30. Hecker D. (2005) High-technology employment: a NAICS-based update, Monthly Labor Review 128(July), 57-70.
31. Heebels B. and Boschma R. (2011) Performing in Dutch book publishing 1880-2008: the importance of entrepreneurial experience and the Amsterdam cluster, Journal of Economic Geography 11, 1007-1029. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbq048
32. Jacobs J. (1969) The Economy of Cities. Penguin, London.
33. Klepper S. (1996) Entry, exit, growth, and innovation over the product life cycle, American Economic Review 86(3), 562-583.
34. Klepper S.Employee startups in high-tech industries, Industrial and Corporate Change2001a10(3), 639-673. doi: 10.1093/icc/10.3.639
35. Klepper S. (2001b) The evolution of the U.S. automobile industry and Detroit as its capital (available at: http://www.druid.dk/conferences/winter2002/gallery/klepper.pdf) (accessed on 11 November 2008).
36. Klepper S. (2002) The capabilities of new firms and the evolution of the US automobile industry, Industrial and Corporate Change 11(4), 645-666. doi: 10.1093/icc/11.4.645
37. Klepper S. (2009) Silicon Valley, a chip of the old Detroit bloc, in Acs Z., Audretsch D. B. and Strom R. J. (Eds) Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy, pp. 79-116 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
38. Klepper S. and Sleeper S. (2005) Entry by spinoffs, Management Science 51(8), 1291-1306. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0411
39. Manes S. and Andrews P. (1993) Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry - And Made Himself the Richest Man in America. Touchstone, New York, NY.
40. Markusen A. (1994) Studying regions by studying firms, Professional Geographer 46(4), 477-490. doi: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1994.00477.x
41. Markusen A. (1996) Sticky places in slippery space: a typology of industrial districts, Economic Geography 72(3), 293-214. doi: 10.2307/144402
42. Markusen A. and McCurdy K. (1989) Chicago's defense-based high technology: a case study of the 'seedbeds of innovation' hypothesis, Economic Development Quarterly 3(1), 15-31. doi: 10.1177/089124248900300103
43. Martin R. (2010) Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography: Rethinking regional path dependence: beyond lock-in to evolution, Economic Geography 86(1), 1-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01056.x
44. Martinez A. (2011) Amazon.com on a hiring spree, Seattle Times 5 March (available at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014412815_amazon06.html).
45. Mayer H. (2011) Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Second Tier Regions. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
46. Neck H., Meyer D. G., Cohen B. and Corbett A. (2004) An entrepreneurial system view of new venture creation, Journal of Small Business Management 42(2), 190-208. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2004.00105.x
47. Neffke F., Henning M. and Boschma R. (2011) How do regions diversify over time? Industry relatedness and the development of new growth paths in regions, Economic Geography 87(3), 237-265. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01121.x
48. Saxenian A. (1994) Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
49. Shane S. (2003) A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
50. Sommers P. and Carlson D.The New Economy in Metropolitan Seattle: High Tech Firm Location Decisions Within the Metropolitan Landscape. University of Washington, Seattle, WA2000a.
51. Sommers P. and Carlson D. (2000b) Ten Steps to a High Tech Future: The New Economy in Metropolitan Seattle (available at: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2000/12labormarkets_sommers/sommersreport.pdf).
52. Sommers P. and Heg D. (2003) Spreading the Wealth: Building a Tech Economy in Small and Medium-Sized Regions (available at: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2003/10labormarkets_sommers/200310_Sommers.pdf) (accessed on 8 February 2009).
53. Sorenson O. and Audia P. G. (2000) The social structure of entrepreneurial activity: geographic concentration of footwear production in the United States, 1940-1989, American Journal of Sociology 106(2), 424-461. doi: 10.1086/316962
54. Staber U. (2005) Entrepreneurship as a source of path dependency, in Fuchs G. and Shapira P. (Eds) Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change: Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough, pp. 107-126 Springer, New York, NY.
55. Storper M. (1989) The transition to flexible specialisation in the US film industry: external economies, the division of labor, and the crossing of industrial divides, Cambridge Journal of Economics 13, 273-305.
56. Stross R. E. (1996) The Microsoft Way: The Real Story of How the Company Outsmarts Its Competition. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA.
57. Tappi D. (2005) Clusters, adaption and extroversion: a cognitive and entrepreneurial analysis of the Marche music cluster, European Urban and Regional Studies 12(3), 289-307. doi: 10.1177/0969776405056591